[Birdnet] indigo bunting, least flycatcher, and vermillion flycatcher (San Juan county)

[Lu Giddings]

A female indigo bunting was seen Friday, 9/14 at about 9 a.m. roughly
one mile east of Bluff, in some tamarisks and other bushes along the San
Juan river, in the company of roughly a dozen female lazuli buntings.

I saw what I am fairly sure was a least flycatcher on Friday 9/14 at
about 1 p.m. about 7 miles east of Bluff and about 0.25 miles north of
the San Juan river. As I was walking through the vegetation I spooked
what I initially thought was ruby-crowned kinglet into a nearby juniper
tree. It was very small, had a yellow-greenish back and a very round
head, a bright white round eye ring, and two very crisp white wing bars.
The bird did not call and it kept its back to me for the 10-15 seconds
it was in view. It seemed substantially smaller than the hammond's
flycatchers and gray flycatchers I also saw this weekend.

I saw what I think was a juvenile vermillion flycatcher at about 9 a.m.
in the yard at Hatch's trading post. A sprinkler was running in the side
yard and there were so many birds on the ground and in the adjacent
shrubs and trees that it was a bit like trying to keep track of
individual kernels in a pop-corn popper. There were a variety of
warblers, mostly yellow-rumped, various sparrows and finches, and
western tanagers taking advantage of the water. One bird popped into
view for 5-10 seconds. It was slightly larger and chunkier than the
nearby yellow-rumped warblers. At the time I could not identify it but
upon returning to my truck I picked up my field guides and started to
look. It looked quite similar to the picture of the juvenile bird in the
National Geographic field guide. For what it's worth.

Lu Giddings